Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-31

the field Of battle, and the votive offerings
of his country, upon the holy altar OF his
memory" And so my friends you come
to-day, not as paTtisans but as patriots,
not as soldiers but as citizens of land
you love as mother loves her tirst-born,
glorious and free America thank God, y
land of our government, one flag, and one
! heaven inspired hope for the perpetuity,
the stability and glory OF your country,
one upon whose arms ana letters luster
has been shed, ooth in the southland and
in the noTthlsnd. You come with hearts
as broad as the area Of your country,
you VINO were upon the one side ana you
VINO were upon the other. You cclSe
with love for the living and tears
for the dead, Invested of al save
q heaven-born instinct to award
the meritorious, and prompted still
by that higher impulse nurtured
| by them, upon whom among glad Judah's
hills broke the star of Bethlehem, TO 're
! joice with them that do rejoice, and weep
with them that weep"
"There are before me now, those who
have arrived at years Of maturity, since
the toCsin of war was sounded upon q
startled nation. Well do they know the
termination Of that fratricidal strife.
Millions of the flower Of
the nation spoke the word that
parted them, many forever from all
| that rendered life worth the living except
| their country, and enrolled themselves
under the opposing banners. Hundreds
Of mounds in the national cemeteries
mark the last resting places of as many
brave and noble spirits as ever marched
to the drum-beat of battle. But all do
not sleep where loving hands
can lay upon their ashes immortelles to
departed worth. Some sleep far away
in some sequestered spot where
the voice of praise is never heard, neg
lected but not forgotten. The howl of
the wolf and the mournful cry of the
night bird alone startle the silent hour
save the rustic of the leaves and the
drowsy hum of the beetle. Think not
that they are forgotten. Their rest may
be unknown perhaps, but their noble
deeds will live in the history of this re
public so long as liberty finds name and
patriotism is enshrined in the hearts of
my countrymen.
"Then sleep on, thou once pale sufferer,
the MODEST sacrifice that could be offered
up for country, loved so we'll; and
whether under the sculptured marble in
where the solitude is unbroken by bene-
diction We would invoke, yet one thing
we know that whether in the sod Of the
north or in the sunshine of the south,
the spot where thou sleepest to-day is
sacred ground. The last gun has been
fired and peace sits monarch, sceptred
and crowned. SO let it be. Those upon
whose graves we to-day scatter the fresh
Of rH los
tattoo, and for the last time bivouaced
upon fed of glory. One more reveilIe
will be heard. Let US hope that every
soldier boy will be there clothed in
uniform of celestial light when the roll
is called, and as they have added glory
to the centuries here, msy they forever
dwell in green freshness there"
JUDGE HOLLAND
followed in a speech of great beauty and
elcquence, which cannot be summarized
with sny degree of justice to the speaker. |
1t was simply grand and suolimelY |
eloquent. The veterans here
decorated the cenotsph ana the
"vacant CHAIR in memory of their old !
comrades, after which Judge Holland !
concluded his speech by reciting spir-
tied poem. The old Texas veterans who |
dedicated the cenotsph were Messrs !
John L. Parish, w. w. Dunn, Nick Fer |
guson, and Captain Anderson.
MR.. TT. POWELL
was the next speaker announced and en-
tertained the audience with q short |
speech OF remarkable eloquence-remark-
able it would be in any one save the |
gifted young orator who is always
expected to aCquit himself Gre
ditably, and never disappoints ex
pectation. In referring TO the reverence
for Grant and Lee, he said that from the
lordly castle to the loWly hovel, every
home in the south cherished the image of
Lee, while in the north Grant was held in
the same reverence. "The south loves
Lee and the north loves Grant," contin-
ued she speaker, impassionedly, "and the
nation loves them both
A REUNION.
After Mr.. Powell concluded, the SOL
diers of the late war, from both armies,
met upon the stage and exchanged friendly !
greetings, while the chair sang beauti-
full ode. High above the instrument,
high above the voices, high above the soft,
sweet symphony, rose the voice of Col.
A. J. Chambers, singing:
a union of hearts, union of hands,
union tnat none can sever;
\ union of lakes, p union of lands,
The American Union forever.
Which elected enthusiastic cheers.
MAJOR J. J. JARVIS
came to bear his humble part in the
The warriors who live in
song and story have fought for more
power, for conquest, for greater area
of territory or for plumber, Ibut the Amer
lean soldier fought for principle, and for
the perpetuation of those principles of
government which are symbolized by the
stars and stripes, for that flag which is
q child of storm, but which continues to
be our pride in prosperity and adversely,
in sunshine and in darkness.
REV. MR.. HOLLOWAY
was the last speaker, though not the least
by considerable. He mad long admired the
courage and bravery of the south
ern foemen, and even when
wounded himself, gave the
southern soldier his just tribute of honor
and admiration. He came south, and
when he learned the character Of the
people IN his new home he was more
firmly convinced than ever that men who
bore such sacrifices with heroic
iortitude could not believe that they
we're fighting for something wrong but
or principle they believed right. He
severely the silly quarrels and